Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Londonderry was where the Troubles started more than 30 years ago, when a nascent Catholic civil rights movement decided to take on the Protestant establishment, which had dominated the politics of the city for centuries. Demonstrations degenerated into pitched battles between the armed gangs of the Irish Republican Army and...
Now Londonderry wants to be known as the city of peacemakers. The citizens have moved well ahead of the rest of the country in trying to promote understanding and tolerance between Catholics and Protestants. "People have been worn down by violence," says Mayor Martin Bradley. "They now realize that there...
Meili was a 28-year-old night watchman at the Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich when, in January 1997, he happened upon the ledgers next to the shredding machine. His disclosure that Switzerland's largest bank was destroying Nazi-era records, even as death-camp survivors were trying to...
"This is, essentially, the end of armed struggle," Hillenbrand says. "And it's especially big because of two contradictory elements, both Sinn Fein and the Protestant paramilitaries, are aboard." To the south, in the Irish Republic, the endorsement was even stronger. According to preliminary results, 95 percent have voted not...
BELFAST: The ayes have it, British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Thursday in his bid to coax voters to deliver a resounding 'yes' on the Irish peace accord in Friday's referendum. TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand reports that anxiety over a "no" vote had increased after the initial...